Quote:Probably the biggest reason he was overlooked was due to the false hype behind Drew Henson.

 

Although he won the starting job and wasn't a bad QB, everyone was looking past him and focusing forward, anxious to see the Henson era.

 

So, there's a lesson there in ignoring false hype behind some candidates and taking a closer look at prematurely dismissed QBs.

 

A.J. McCarron is tracking so similar to Tom Brady, it's scary. You watch Brady's Michigan highlights and switch to McCarron's draft breakdown stuff, and taking into account the Brady video was good stuff only, this is the exact same guy.

 

I like your comments because they begin to hint at the intense pressure within big-time college football programs. Both Brady and McCarron were under incredible pressure by century-old booster organizations with intense, traditional expectations of winning football.

 

No doubt about it, I have a lot more admiration of A.J. McCarron then I did before I watched the Old Tom Brady stuff.

 

He's certainly tracking like Brady did.

 

I have no reservations about drafting McCarron provided we keep Gabbert under contract, and re-sign Henne. McCarron should NOT be baptized under fire. There's no need for that. You run Henne and Gabbert or Gabbert and Henne as one-two and park McCarron at least a year. 

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